The big ones(two+ years old) do get excited when it comes to feeding time, and try to scare away the angelfish by nipping their pelvic fins(no harm, don't actually nip, only touch). as soon as food gone, they get back to their jobs.

I'd say if you can manage it, mix it up. My tank hosts SAE, bristlenose & rubberlip plecos, otocinclus, Amano and ghost shrimp, nerite, ramshorn, rabbit and Maylaysian trumpet snails, and _most_ algaes are well taken-care of. I do get some green spot & green dust algae on the glass and anubias leaves, and of late have been seeing what looks like a bit of staghorn on the edges of some swordplants. For a tank that's been running about a year, she's pretty algae-free in my humble experience!

Additionally, _lots_ of plants help to use up all the nutrients that would otherwise fuel algaes.

Photo of the tank in question, just because - 75 gallon with two HOBs & a canister, T-5, T-8 & LED lighting:

I got mine from azgardens.com. Their shipping is expensive at $49, so if you want to buy from them, get some some of your friends who have tanks to split the shipping and make a bulk order.
I ordered 20 snails, put about 15 of them in my 75G Oscar tank, and gave the rest to my kids and a few of their friends. All are doing well. The snails annihilated a bad hair algae problem I had and pretty much everything azgardens.com had about the snails seems to be accurate, at least in my experience. These guys seem to be indestructible. My daughter has on in a 3 gallon beta tank and it seems fine.

I got mine from azgardens.com. Their shipping is expensive at $49, so if you want to buy from them, get some some of your friends who have tanks to split the shipping and make a bulk order.
I ordered 20 snails, put about 15 of them in my 75G Oscar tank, and gave the rest to my kids and a few of their friends. All are doing well. The snails annihilated a bad hair algae problem I had and pretty much everything azgardens.com had about the snails seems to be accurate, at least in my experience. These guys seem to be indestructible. My daughter has on in a 3 gallon beta tank and it seems fine.

There are much cheaper places to get nerites--especially if you only need a few. Keep in mind, female nerites (and the vast majority seem to be females!) lay sesame sized white eggs--constantly and everywhere. For the longest time mine only laid 'em on the underside/back side of my driftwood so it wasn't a big issues--but just recently they've started laying them on the walls--front side and back.

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